On Lists and Personas
Nov. 27th, 2006 11:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katiefooleryI need to write exactly two thousand, two hundred and ninety-seven words in the next few days if I hope to meet my November target of ten thousand words. And you know what? I can do that. Easily. Tonight, in fact, if I actually get my act together.
Of course, it’s entirely likely that I’ll forget this intention to write and instead spend the evening reading fanfic, messing about on messageboards and writing pointless lists of stuff. But I shall do my best not to let that happen. Well, much.
Besides, the pointless lists will be about writing, so they practically count towards my word count, don’t they?
*looks hopeful*
I really do need to make a list of these stories in my head, otherwise I’ll lose track of them. And maybe if I write them down, that will keep them separate and they’ll stop bumping into each other and making new little baby stories to add to the litter. I’m only one person! I can only write so much. And that procrastinating takes a huge chunk out of my time, too.
In non-writing news, I’m finding myself increasingly alienated from this person who used to be “Buneater”. It’s quite a bizarre sensation, considering that’s who I’ve been pretty much since I first set foot on the ’net. But she seems to belong in the past and she keeps pulling away from me, looking askance at who I am now and raising a disdainful eyebrow at the stories that come into my head these days. And it’s OK with me, because I don’t really feel like “Buneater” any more. I think I’m almost ready to start saying my goodbyes to her and move onto something new. ’Cause there's a great deal of fun stuff in my life that isn’t related to Bunliness at all. Yes indeed.
Mind you, there’s still a fair bit that is attached to Bunliness, but I can cope with that. Being introduced to people’s friends and family as “Bunne” is quite a unique experience, really.
But I’d be interested to know if anyone else has done what I seem to be doing: switching one internet identity for the other. Is it always such a strange experience? Or is it just a matter of using a different name? And how do you keep from potentially alienating people who have always known you by your first “identity”?
Of course, it’s entirely likely that I’ll forget this intention to write and instead spend the evening reading fanfic, messing about on messageboards and writing pointless lists of stuff. But I shall do my best not to let that happen. Well, much.
Besides, the pointless lists will be about writing, so they practically count towards my word count, don’t they?
*looks hopeful*
I really do need to make a list of these stories in my head, otherwise I’ll lose track of them. And maybe if I write them down, that will keep them separate and they’ll stop bumping into each other and making new little baby stories to add to the litter. I’m only one person! I can only write so much. And that procrastinating takes a huge chunk out of my time, too.
In non-writing news, I’m finding myself increasingly alienated from this person who used to be “Buneater”. It’s quite a bizarre sensation, considering that’s who I’ve been pretty much since I first set foot on the ’net. But she seems to belong in the past and she keeps pulling away from me, looking askance at who I am now and raising a disdainful eyebrow at the stories that come into my head these days. And it’s OK with me, because I don’t really feel like “Buneater” any more. I think I’m almost ready to start saying my goodbyes to her and move onto something new. ’Cause there's a great deal of fun stuff in my life that isn’t related to Bunliness at all. Yes indeed.
Mind you, there’s still a fair bit that is attached to Bunliness, but I can cope with that. Being introduced to people’s friends and family as “Bunne” is quite a unique experience, really.
But I’d be interested to know if anyone else has done what I seem to be doing: switching one internet identity for the other. Is it always such a strange experience? Or is it just a matter of using a different name? And how do you keep from potentially alienating people who have always known you by your first “identity”?
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on 2006-11-28 12:04 am (UTC)I used to have an online handle as Princess or PrincessG, which was so a teenage thing to do.
crazedturkey is just a name I used, because you could always guarentee that noone else would have used it already. Which is how that happened. Which is funny, because now people occasionally call me Turks in public, and it makes me laugh, because it had no real origin other than annoyance that Gill was always taken!
But I have to say, I like being called Turks occasionally. It's like some groovy nickname that only a few people understand. It lets me play a part every now and again, which keeps me entertained :D
But really, I think, most people call me Gillian or Gill. Which means after a long line of internet addies and nicknames, I've just ended up being myself.
LOL, and I'm sure you introduced me to Bindi as Turks, so it works both ways :p.
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on 2006-11-28 06:18 am (UTC)The good thing about "Buneater" was that it was rarely ever taken before I arrived. I can't say the same for "Katie"...